Neuroscience @ Wheaton
Neuroscience faculty at Wheaton include members from these departments.
What is P&N and BCES?
Named after the Greek word for seahorse, this brain region is critical for learning & memory.
What is the hippocampus?
This is the brain’s primary “go” signal.
What is glutamate?
The central nervous system is composed of these two parts.
What is the brain & spinal cord?
This faculty member is the brain behind the lighting and technical direction of events and shows in Weber Theatre.
Who is Professor Max Ponticelli?
Students working with Professor Kate Eskine can gain hands-on experience with this technique for measuring brain activity.
What is EEG (electroencephalogram)?
Although most commonly associated with fear, this brain region actually helps regulate all emotional responses.
What is the amygdala?
SSRIs are prescribed to boost the levels of this neurotransmitter.
What is serotonin?
This structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the corpus callosum?
This faculty member, and students working with him, collaborate on projects with NASA.
Who is Professor Geoffrey Collins?
Students taking his classes can gain hands-on experience working with neuron cell cultures.
Who is Professor Bob Morris?
Damage to this lobe could result in hearing deficits.
What is the temporal lobe?
Sometimes referred to as the “love hormone”, this peptide can also act as a neurotransmitter.
What is oxytocin?
The ridges on the surface of the brain are called these.
What are gyri?
This faculty member works with retired police dogs suffering from PTSD.
Who is Professor Kathy Morgan?
This core facility is staffed 365 days a year by professional and student workers.
What is the Wheaton College Animal Facility?
This brain regions serves as a relay station for all incoming sensory info (except olfactory).
What is the thalamus?
Depending on the pathway, this neurotransmitter is involved in voluntary motor control or reward & motivation.
What is dopamine?
This is the part of the neuron that initiates the action potential.
What is the axon hillock?
This faculty member teaches courses in museum studies and is curator of the Wheaton College Permanent Collection.
Who is Professor Leah Niederstadt?
This core facility allows students and faculty at Wheaton us to capture and analyze digital images, including images of brains!
What is the Imaging Center for Undergraduate Collaboration (ICUC)?
In wobbly TikTok stars Phin the cat & Stevie the Wonder Dog this part of their brain is underdeveloped.
What is the cerebellum?
Adderall is prescribed to boost the levels of these neurotransmitters.
What are monoamines?
These types of cells are responsible for myelinating axons.
What are oligodendrocytes (CNS) & Schwann cells (PNS)?
These faculty members coordinate the peer writing tutors, and are also available for professional writing consultations.
Who are Professors Ruth Foley & Angie Sarhan Salvatore?